I won’t be able to find a good viewing spot. What should I do?

What’s the weather going to be like?

The skies will be clear for an unusually large section of the United States, said Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters. Much of the East, Midwest and far West will be almost cloudless. But the forecast isn’t as nice for Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Utah and Idaho.

Also, ‘‘because the moon is almost new and there’s no moonlight to mess with the show,’’ said NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke. The last time the Perseids peaked with little moonlight was 2007.